Installing and preparing AWS pentesting tools

Let’s install and prepare the third-party software we’ll be using in the next section.

Important note

If you encounter problems with disk space while installing any of these tools, you may have to delete old files to make space. Files can be deleted with the Bash commands earlier in this chapter. You also may have to deploy a new AWS EC2 instance. See the official AWS documentation for more information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EC2_GetStarted.html.

As much as possible, I will be using AWS CloudShell to install applications.

First, let’s start with Prowler.

Prowler

Prowler is a vulnerability scanner for cloud platforms. Prowler can scan AWS for vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations based on the Center for Internet Security (CIS), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...